Tuesday, September 12, 2017

"Little things remind me of you"

From dive bars to neon clubs, Honky Tonk to New Wave, bourbon to blow, heartbreak knows no genre.

single (1965)

I just came in here from force of habit
I don't intend to spend too much time in here
But I saw you headin' for the music
And if you play A-11, there'll be tears

I don't know you from Adam
But if you're gonna play the jukebox
Please don't play A-11

This used to be our favorite night spot
And when she was here it was heaven
It was here she told me that she loved me
And she always played A-11

I don't know you from Adam
But if you're gonna play the jukebox
Please don't play A-11

(words and music, Hank Cochran)

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 single (1982)

So I saw you in the pizza place
You were with another girl
It was a crime it was such a disgrace
You really shattered my world

Little things remind me of you
Cheap cologne and that damn song too

Don't put another dime in the jukebox
I don't want to hear that song no more
Don't put another dime in the jukebox
I don't want to hear that song no more

Then I learned the treacherous end
You were with my best friend
Ain't got no class ain't got no respect
My broken heart will never mend

Don't want to hear that song no more No! No!
Don't want to hear that song no more
Don't want to hear that song no more No! No!
Don't want to hear that song!

(words and music, Bobby Orlando)


Jukebox photo via Wikipedia Commons.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Could one find a juke-box that took dimes in 1982? "The treacherous end.....", great line.

Bobby Orlando had a band called The Now who fell in line in '79 with the throwback sounds (Romantics, Knack etc) called "Can You Fix Me Up With Her." Not bad.

bob

Joe Bonomo said...

Yeah, that was a bit of a throwback detail, the dime.

Don't think I knew that the Now were Orlando-related. Thanks.